Amnesty called the freezing of accounts “akin to freezing dissent” and said the action was “the latest in the incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations”, leaving them unable to carry on with campaign and research work in India.

Director General (Acquisitions) Apurva Chandra said changes to the defence procurement policy will not be retrospective and ongoing deals will not be impacted

This policy change meant that in the case of the Rafale deal, the foreign vendor did not have to declare an offset partner around the time of the signing of the contract in September 2016.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh also announced that the state, which is seeing massive protests over the laws, would approach the top court.

The MPC is a statutory committee that fixes the key policy interest rates and monetary policy stance of the country as well as the inflation target.

On September 26, the Centre ordered “immediate” procurement in Punjab and Haryana.

The Chief Minister has challenged the opposition to prove the charges against his family. On Monday, he declined to comment on the police action against the channel.

The student had said that while he is “in isolation” as he was “suspected of being Covid-positive”, he “is otherwise fine and is fully ready and prepared to give the... test”.

The last science policy was drawn up in 2013, and the new version is expected to be unveiled by December.

The Akalis first joined hands with the Jan Sangh (the BJP’s predecessor) in 1967. They parties stitched together a pre-poll alliance for the 1997 Punjab Assembly elections, which continued till 2019 parliamentary polls.

Rural economy picking up, labour back, Ministry response quicker: FM

According to Sitharaman, all consultations were majorly done – talking to people, taking their inputs, and then bringing it to Cabinet – by the time she announced these agri reforms as part of the AtmaNirbhar package on May 15.

The Prime Minister’s Office, which manages the fund, has declined to furnish details of contributions received, saying that PM CARES is “not a public authority under the...RTI Act”.

Singh’s biggest supporter in the BJP was Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who recognised his worth.

The Indian Express, after reviewing the official footage of Rajya Sabha TV between 1 pm to 1.26 pm, reported that Siva had demanded a division from his seat at 1.10 pm.

The People’s Movement for Constitutional Safeguard, an umbrella body of the Ladakhi leadership, agreed to call off its boycott of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections scheduled for October 16.

Talking to The Indian Express, Badal said, "For the last 7, 8, 10 years or so, NDA is just in name. There is nothing in the NDA."

Within just five days of taking voluntary retirement, his three-month notice period waived off, former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joined the ruling JD(U) in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Pune is one of the global biodiversity hotspots and a UNESCO World Heritage Region

As protesters blocked a stretch of the 78-km Ahmedabad-Udaipur highway near Kherwara in Rajasthan, Gujarat police blocked the particular highway route for vehicles from Gujarat to Rajasthan (vice versa) and created diversions.

How some startups are using AI for instant quality assessment of farm produce to tame pricing power of traders – in and outside APMCs

Mukul Roy, once number two in the Trinamool Congress, joined the BJP in November 2017 and later became its national executive committee member. He played a vital role in BJP’s ascendancy in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,

Pushing for UN reform, PM says: India’s vaccine capacity will help all humanity

When contacted, O’Brien said he shouted "division" from his seat when the motion moved by him seeking reference of the Bill to a select committee was taken up.